This National Health charity delivers amazing, life-changing support to over 60,000 people and their families each year. They also fund research to find better treatments, campaign for better care.

We are thrilled to be working with this organisation to help them find a Community & Events Fundraising Manager to cover the North East and Yorkshire. Based in the Gateshead office managing a team of three the post holder will be highly motivated, organised and enthusiastic with the ability to develop, implement, manage and sustain a fundraising strategy to maximise income generation across the region. The Community & Events Fundraising Manager will be responsible for managing and leading the community and events team in the North East Region and for organising a wide range of third party and bespoke fundraising events. Whilst managing and developing the events side of your work you will be expected to deliver a robust and innovative community fundraising programme in order to meet net income targets for the region.

This is a fantastic role and we are looking for a proven manager who is also a team player with excellent communication and people skills The post holder will need to be pro-active and be prepared to organise and manage a busy team and workload to meet deadlines. If you are a fantastic leader with a background from working in both community fundraising and events then this exciting role could be for you.

To discuss the role in more detail please contact Ellen Drummond ellen@charitypeople.co.uk 0191 4326506